Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project
The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and...
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| author | Brendan O’Neill Bernard Gilhooly Gabriel Cooney |
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| description | The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and other artefacts (Bergsvik 2006; Ballin 2009; Cooney 2005). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a972af108d04fb095bf62a24a8ca6b72024-02-26T15:06:24ZengEXARCEXARC Journal2212-89562014-08-012014/3ark:/88735/10163Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite ProjectBrendan O’NeillBernard GilhoolyGabriel CooneyThe Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and other artefacts (Bergsvik 2006; Ballin 2009; Cooney 2005).https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10163stonetoolsknappingneolithicunited kingdom |
| spellingShingle | Brendan O’Neill Bernard Gilhooly Gabriel Cooney Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project EXARC Journal stone tools knapping neolithic united kingdom |
| title | Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project |
| title_full | Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project |
| title_fullStr | Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project |
| title_short | Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project |
| title_sort | stone tools of shetland experimental felsite project |
| topic | stone tools knapping neolithic united kingdom |
| url | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10163 |
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